Archive for February, 2011
Tonight’s the night for “Herb and Dorothy” at the Crest, with a panel discussion to follow featuring Renny Pritikin, Annabeth Rosen, and Stephen Kaltenbach!!!!
This is such a great film with a fantastic panel of artists and curators to follow. You don’t want to miss this great night of art, friends, and fun!
Herb and Dorothy
With a panel to follow
The Crest
1013 K Street
Sacramento 916.444.1453
www.thecrest.com
$15 adults
$12 students
By Tim Foster
Stunning.
It’s the best single word to describe Inferno of the Innocents, the exhibit of work by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein that opened at the Crocker on January 29th Read more »
By Ed Carroll
When Sacramento Valley’s early inhabitants found their way to John Sutter’s outpost, brewing was hardly a new concept. As in Europe, the American colonies boasted breweries aplenty and the fine art of home brewing was just another household ritual alongside washing the linens, cooking and tending the garden. Understandably, as dreams of gold and agrarian utopias lured the masses westward, beer naturally came along for the ride. Read more »
By Sarah Singleton Photos by Scott Duncan
Peter Hoey’s first beer was a Miller Genuine Draft, and he wasn’t impressed Read more »
By Becky Grunewald Photos by Scott Duncan
Unlike wine, which is almost always better when paired with a complementary dish, beer can stand alone. Ask any wine professional what they drink when it’s time to loosen the tie and kick off the heels, and they’ll answer time and again that they reach for a brew. Read more »
Ed Carroll is best-known among beer and history buffs for Sacramento Breweries, his history of beer in the region; the rest of us know him best as one of Sac’s tastiest drummers Read more »
By Dennis Yudt
When the Sacramento: City of a Beer 7” EP came out in the late spring of 1998, it was intended to be a document of the Midtown punk scene that had centered around The Loft, the now legendary/infamous performance space that inhabited a 15’ x 30’ room behind Time Tested Books on 21st Street. The six bands featured – The Bananas, Nar, The Lazy J’s, Karate Party, The Transplants and Los Huevos – exemplified the “Sacto Punx” sound: irreverent and smart-alecky lo-fi songs that had a broken heart of pop Read more »
By Guphy Gustafson Photo by Scott Duncan
Robert’s Homebrew Academy is exactly what it sounds like: a guy named Robert teaches people how to brew beer (and make cheese!) for a stipend Read more »